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Hemorrhaged after #4-go for #5?

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brittney125 wrote:

My 4th baby boy was born in March and it was a beautiful unmedicated birth. Right after though I hemorrhaged and it was pretty scary and insanely painful! As scary as it was my blood work remained normal and I never needed a transfusion or anything. The docs and midwife said its common after having 3-4+ babies, large babies and quick labors which I have had all of. My question is--has this happened to anyone and your next birth went fine without complications? Or would it be dangerous to go for #5??

I had the same thing happen after #5. He was my fifth baby born in 5.5 years. Fourth baby was large but fifth was average. I have really fast labors and deliveries as well. Doctors and nurses said same thing to me about hemorrhaging. I was told to wait a full year before getting pregnant again. Didn't plan a large gap in kids but 5 years later #6 came without any complications. She was 9 lbs. and came after 3 hours of labor. After #5 I bled for 13 weeks...ugh!!! This last time it was only 3 weeks. My body really had a hard time after the fifth but I did have them really close! The sixth felt like my 2nd or 3rd did. I know my body needed the break. I am waiting a full year now before getting pregnant again but I'm not worried about hemorrhaging again.

Thank you guys for sharing. I struggle every day wondering if I should be done, or if I really want a 5th baby. I have 4 boys and would love a girl. But another boy would be super fun and crazy and I'm all about that too. Being pregnant and having babies has been my live since 2009 when I got pregnant with my first. My last was just born in March of 2016. It seems so sad and weird to think that stage of my life could be over. I just need to make sure that I wouldn't be going for #5 bc I'm afraid to let this stage of my life end and it's really bc I want a 5th baby and feel our family isn't complete yet. It just seems like an answer is never clear. I think about it constantly! Trying to just let time tell and see how I feel but it's always on my mind. It's so hard to know what the right thing to do is!

I hemorrhaged after my 1st and a little after my 4th. I ask to be left on low pitocin for awhile after to keep things clamped. I believe that has helped. Also massaging myself to make sure it stays clamped down.I wonder if it is slightly genetic as my mom hemorrhaged after all 3 of hers.

I have 4 kids and #2 had to have an emergancy DNC and a blood transfusion after birth and #4 had a horrible bleeding time that was scary 3 hours after birth! Scared to death about #5 who is coming April 3rd?

I hemorrhaged with #4 but did not with #5. My ob called ahead when he admitted me to have blood ready for a transfusion should I need it as a precaution and monitored me very closely. My fifth labor ended up being my longest labor of all and I didn't have any bleeding issues.

I haemorrhaged after number 3, he was quick as in born on the bathroom floor quick lol. I was very poorly after but i had retained products that got infected. No problems with number 4 altho as soon as a had a twinge i was told to go in which i get why but my god that was a long stay. Im curruntly expecting number 5 and nothings been mentioned. Im sure yourl be fine, as the post above i think its case by case. Good luck! Xx

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